U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
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Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#2Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere:
There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#3This is silly. Do they allow any other social networking apps at all on government-issued phones?
edit: tik tok makes sense for recruiting, and apparently it is currently used in the UK.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#4Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Security researchers have a legitimate use of computer viruses. Behavioural analysis or whatever else.
Does your grandma have the same legitimate use case?
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#5Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Security researchers have a legitimate use of computer viruses. Behavioural analysis or whatever else. Does your grandma have the same legitimate use case?
Depends, does your grandmother feel like learning about viruses? If so, why not.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#6Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
Security researchers have a legitimate use of computer viruses. Behavioural analysis or whatever else. Does your grandma have the same legitimate use case?
I do not quite see that as a fair or valid comparison. Recruiters are trying to target 18 year olds, and the reality is a lot of these 18 year olds (outside of the tech field) prefer to use Snapchat, Facebook, etc to communicate. They’re not using these apps to communicate classified information.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#7This is silly. Do they allow any other social networking apps at all on government-issued phones? edit: tik tok makes sense for recruiting, and apparently it is currently used in the UK.
It would be hilariously tragic if a major government official used twitter for communication.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#8Since I’ve seen this asked elsewhere: There is a legitimate usage for these kinds of apps on some devices. Armed services recruiters tend to use various social media apps to communicate with people they are trying to recruit.
with recruiters you mean actual recruitment agencies[1] or in the sense of the Chinese IC recruiting foreign agents?
[1] I don't see job-recruiting being a reason to allow this app. IMO any device that is used by a public servant paid with tax-$$ should be limited to what it runs and I'd be surprised if they don't have a very strict BYOD policy for this reason. Never mind TikTok they shouldn't be running any social media apps on their phones. There are other problems with this use such as what data ends up being leaked to social media companies (regardless of where they are).
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#9I have watched hundreds of TikTok videos. The adults featured on the videos are less than 5%.
Re: U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
#10Probably due to all the Ghost that appear as you use tiktok